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Adulting (Sorta Kinda): My Experience Working & Being in Grad School

Written by Louis Nguyen | September 8, 2024 The biggest misconception that most people have before entering a graduate program is that it’s just going to be college 2.0. (At least, in the sense that classes are your life, everyone wants to be friends, and you’re gonna be broke all the time but in an…

Everything you need to know about CLUB SPORTS at USC! 

Written by Alexis Guzman | August 24, 2024 Club sports at USC are offered recreationally to any students enrolled in the institution.  The facts Sports are a big part of many children’s youth. Once high school ends, being an athlete also ends for most. The great thing about USC recreational sports is that it allows…

Interning 101: Living Alone

Written by Sian Salazar | August 16, 2024 This is my third summer of interning. Each summer has looked very different for me — each summer, I’ve moved further away from home. Each summer, I’ve become much more independent than before.  To recap my interning experience, the summer after my freshman year I worked remotely for…

Who is Juju Watkins, and why is she such a big deal to USC?

Written by Alexis Guzman | August 8, 2024 If you’re new to USC or women’s basketball, you may often hear the name “Juju Watkins” repeatedly. You may even stumble across basic facts, such as that she’s the highest-ranking freshman player and a sports star, holding many of the most prestigious titles in women’s basketball.  When…

Internship Series: Securing Funding

Written by Sian Salazar | August 2, 2024 Disclaimer: The information in this post is based off my own personal experience, and as such is more helpful for Dornsife and Keck students.  As a political science and global health double major, I have been lucky enough to access opportunities offered by two distinct USC schools:…

Internship Series: Finding an Internship

Written by Louis Nguyen and Sian Salazar | July 31, 2024 It can’t be denied that the job market has been looking a little bit tough lately. But let’s not forget one of our greatest advantages: We’re college students! That means that not only do we have time to enter the job market, but we…

FREN 307 (Maymester) Review: Une mois à Paris

Written by Sian Salazar | July 26, 2024 Anyone you ask will tell you that taking a Maymester is a good deal financially, but what they don’t tell you is that all Maymesters are not made equal.  What makes Maymesters so appealing (besides the fact that you get to travel to a foreign country) is…

A Eulogy For HoneyBird: Hunting for the Second Best Matcha at USC

Written by Louis Nguyen | July 25, 2024 I am making the bold claim that Honeybird had the best matcha on campus. As a matcha purist, I need to taste the tea leaves, the earth from which they grew, and the worms whom made a home underground by the roots. A good matcha must be…

Money, Money, Money: Tips From the Financial Literacy Conference

Written by Louis Nguyen | July 12, 2024 I, too, was one of those angsty kids that thought I was serving and eating and slaying so hard when I said “Why the heck am I solving geometry problems and writing about communism right now? I could be learning something USEFULl!! Like TAXES!!” The bar was…

How to Become THE Academic Weapon (A Tutorial on the Kortschak Center)

Written by Solana Espino | July 10, 2024 As we gear up for the fall semester, I’m going to let you in on a little secret. Two words: Kortschak Center.  The time during summer break is essentially the death of all academic motivation… So when I say you’re going to want to use all the…